BINDING Field Michael Stephania A Trialogue

Sale 2217 - Lot 334

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

(BINDING.) Field, Michael. Stephania: A Trialogue. Woodcut title decoration. 8vo, bound in undressed tan morocco and embossed by hand by annie s. macdonald of the guild of women binders, spine ends and tips slightly rubbed, spine a touch darkened; top edges gilt, others deckled, some offsetting to endpapers, crack between front blanks, advertisements and additional title labels tipped in rear; book label of Charles Williston McAlpin. London, 1897

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one of 250 copies of the book and a lovely example from the guild of women binders. The front cover contains a central cartouche enclosing Stephania and Emperor Otho III, the date 1897 in the upper left corner, and the initials ASM in the upper right. The rear cover depicts Stephania and Gerbert (Pope Sylvester II who was Otho's tutor); green watered silk endpapers with morocco turn-ins containing hand-painted circles along the edges.